RIVERS, Thomas, a Representative from Tennessee;
born in Franklin County, Tenn., September 18, 1819;
received an academic education and attended La Grange College, Alabama;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Somerville, Tenn.;
served for many years in the State militia ranking as brigadier general;
elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1856;
continued the practice of law until his death on his plantation near Somerville, Tenn., March 18, 1863;
interment in the Somerville Cemetery.